Crossword Answers for Wednesday, 28 January 2026

All 30 answers to the daily crossword for Wednesday, 28 January 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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A lyric poem with complex stanza forms ODE
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A sheath worn to protect a finger COT
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A duplicate copy TWIN
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Sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women BABE
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Not aerobic ANAEROBIC
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A colloid in a more solid form than a sol GEL
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An implement used to propel or steer a boat OAR
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Of or relating to mechanical robots ROBOTIC
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A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible GIT
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The left eye ORA
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A lawyer who pleads cases in court COUNSELOR
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A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters ARES
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A small pond of standing water MERE
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An affirmative YES
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A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico UTE

Down

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A person who owns something OWNER
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A conversation between two persons DIALOGUES
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The compass point midway between northeast and east ENE
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Small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood CABRIOLET
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Followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery OBI
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A police officer who investigates crimes TEC
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A small piece of cloth or paper TAG
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A small vessel for travel on water BOAT
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Someone from whom you are descended ROOTS
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A container; usually has a lid BINS
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The number that is represented as a one followed by 7 zeros; ten million CRORE
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Form or compose ARE
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A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida CAY
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A mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined ORE
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Large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller EMU